Former Acadia Axemen hockey player Kris MacDonald has been hired as an assistant coach with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

âVery excited to be back with the @ABTitan as an assistant coach,â the Prince Edward Island native Tuesday on Twitter. âLooking forward to getting to Bathurst and getting to work.â

He will replace Kevin Desrochers behind the bench.âšMacDonald played with the P.E.I. Rocket in 2004-05 and the Titan in 2005-06 season. The left-winger played 65 games at Acadia from 2007 to 2010, while obtaining his bachelor of kinesiology degree. MacDonald completed his university career with UPEI in 2010-11.

He coached midget AAA in Saskatchewan at the Notre-Dame College last year while teaching math, history and Christian ethics.